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Content Marketing Lessons From the Best in Travel
How do marketers in the travel space succeed at content marketing? This question was on the minds of over 150 marketers seated in a content marketing session during HSMAI’s Digital […]
Hey Big Spenders! Elite Traveler Insights
NB: These are extracts from a whitepaper report produced by ADARA ADARA has identified, through data driven research, that marketers should challenge how they target Elite Travelers. Contrary to […]
Corporate Travel Demand & Macroeconomics in 2016
At a cursory glance, the diagnosis for global corporate travel demand looks healthy. Global air traffic posted its strongest year-over-year growth since the recovery from the 2008 U.S. financial […]
How to optimize travel search results with an analytics framework
NB: This is a viewpoint by Tony Gray, senior director of North American Consulting Services at Webtrends. Recent news about Expedia’s Accelerator program for hotel listings has opinions swirling […]
Alitrip looking beyond model of traditional travel OTA
Selling travel isn’t just about product, content, distribution mix or sales strategy anymore. The battle has nudged ahead into a different zone altogether. It’s the world of data, analytics, and […]
Amadeus launches first online GDS booking platform in UK
Amadeus has officially launched its Selling Platform Connect in the UK, which it claims is the world’s first fully online GDS booking and fulfilment platform. The company claims it has […]
Digital state of the travel nation
Econsultancy and Adobe spent a few months last summer trying to understand the requirements and challenges facing digital marketers and ecommerce executives in travel. The report, produced to coincide […]
A need for speed in business travel booking systems
Business travellers continue to be frustrated about how long it takes to book travel as well as lack of flexibility in systems says research from Egencia. Expedia’s business travel […]
Ctrip empowers MakeMyTrip in mobile
FLUSHED with funds from Ctrip International’s US$180 million investment in it, MakeMyTrip (MMT) is surging ahead with the goal of being the dominant player in the mobile and accommodation space. […]
Google overhauls its travel search interface for mobile
NB: This is a viewpoint by Matthew Barker of I&I Travel Media. Another day, another search engine optimization (SEO) wobble. In late January, Google released a major re-design of […]